Finally, several research initiatives focus on creating platforms for developing security solutions based on reinforcement learning. Some of these platforms include both simulation and emulation components ([1]}, [2]}) and some are simulation only ([3]}, [4]}). For the work presented in this paper, we have developed our own simulation system and emulation system. In contrast to the referenced works, our systems have been built to investigate the specific use case of intrusion prevention. At this point, our focus has not been to design a generic platform to experiment with reinforcement learning for different use cases.
